Glance at the Past

102 YEARS AGO July 24, 1912

• The Union Lumber Company is putting in a monorail which will make another valuable addition to its already efficient plant. The first section will run from the planing mill to the electric crane. Later, the construction will be extended over to the saw mill. The monorail will work on the same principle as the electric crane, but will only be able to carry a load of lumber in two directions. This rapid means of carrying lumber to and from the planing mill, electric crane and saw mill will be a great labor and expense saver. Charles Norberry has charge of the construction during Mr. Anderson's absence.

• At the close of this week, the shipment of two and a quarter million feet of lumber from Fort Bragg to outside ports will open up the foreign shipping season. The British tramp "Indian Monarch" dropped anchor in Noyo Harbor Saturday morning. She will take on a million and a quarter feet of lumber. From here, she sails to the Sound to complete her cargo, thence to Melbourne, Australia.

• Tuesday afternoon deputy sheriff Ward Ries served a warrant on Wm. Gratz, of Mendocino, for selling liquor in dry territory. Both parties left for Ukiah this morning.

72 YEARS AGO July 26, 1942

• Lieut. William Cannarr, USN, is on active duty in the Pacific and has been unreported for the past 30 days.

• Sgt. Kenneth McGuire departed from Pomona last Saturday for officers training school in Virginia. His wife, the former Marguerite Owens, will return here to remain with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Owens.

• Pvt. Arnold Luoma, attached to the 83rd Fighter Squadron at Hamilton Field, is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luoma. He likes the air service very much.

• A daughter, Luann Flora, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Pritchard, of Little River, at the Redwood Coast Hospital on Monday, July 20.

• The first shipment of scrap rubber to leave Fort Bragg went out Friday night from the Standard Oil plant and thereby hangs a tale of cooperation, hard work and generous contribution of material and service that makes proud reading. The work of loading the rubber began at 6:30 p.m. and when the last of the pile was thrown into the box car it was 10:30 p.m. and 616,000 pounds of scrap rubber.

50 YEARS AGO July 23, 1964

• Leean Dove is the new addition to the Daniel Murray family, of Fort Bragg. Leean was born July 21 at Community Hospital weighing 10 pounds, four ounces.

• Mr. and Mrs. David DeForge, of Fort Bragg, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son July 20 at Community Hospital weighing seven pounds, nine ounces. He has been named Jeffrey David.

• Final planning for the Special Souvenir edition of the Advocate-News, which will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the City of Fort Bragg, is expected to be completed shortly, according to Publisher W. R. Shanks. The 75th anniversary edition will chronicle the history of the Fort Bragg district, from the year 1850 up to the present date, complete with historic photos.

• Funeral services were held Monday for Wilbur Crawford, 84, a retired Noyo fisherman, who died Friday. Mr. Crawford was a native of Missouri and lived in Noyo for 20 years.

• Marty Drury, old-time San Francisco baseball player, was a Fort Bragg visitor last weekend, reminiscing with Clifford "Pop" Marshall of the good ole days. Drury played with the Kelleher and Brown team here in 1928 when Fort Bragg Loggers won 3-2 on Harry Rosenberg's error. Rosenberg later went to the S.F. Missions and the New York Giants.

35 YEARS AGO July 25, 1979

• What is believed to be the largest boat ever built at Noyo Harbor got a rousing send off Saturday night as hundreds applauded the launching of the $1 million Colintino Rose II. Rose Burlesci christened the family boat and it was under way to its moorings. Constructed at Kelley Boat Works, Colintino Rose II will hold an estimated 102 tons of fish. The momentous occasion was celebrated before and after the launching with a party at Portuguese Hall.

• When the time for selecting a Grand Marshal for "Paul's Hometown" parade came, the Board of Directors of the Paul Bunyan Association unanimously chose Leo Meskis. Leo has unselfishly given his time and energies to many worthy civic and charitable organizations.

• A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be offered this morning for Amelia Fayal, 80, of Mendocino who died Sunday. A native of the Azores Islands, she was a Mendocino Coast resident for 64 years.

• Services were held for Jenny L. Sallinen, 77, of Fort Bragg who died Thursday in Fort Bragg. A native of Finland, she lived in Fort Bragg previous to moving to Alaska in 1937. She returned to Fort Bragg in 1952.

• On June 24, members of the family of Oscar and Lucille DePriest gathered at their home to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

• Rick and Betty McMillen, whose son Steve is traveling with Jay and Jan Bernhisel and their son John, have received word that they have completed their trip on the Trans-Siberian Railroad across Russia. They will visit Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East and West Germany before returning home on Aug. 5.